Description

Vice Chair for Clinical Services
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Position Summary
The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Einstein seeks an accomplished and visionary psychiatrist to serve as Vice Chair for Clinical Services. This executive leadership position offers a unique opportunity to help lead one of the nation’s acclaimed academic psychiatry departments and New York State-designated Behavioral Health Center of Excellence during a period of unprecedented growth and transformation.

The Vice Chair for Clinical Services serves as a key member of the Department's Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for providing strategic oversight, operational leadership, and clinical direction for all psychiatric services provided through the Department. The Vice Chair reports directly to the Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and works in close partnership with the Unified Executive Administrator to advance the department's clinical, academic, and operational missions.

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences encompasses approximately 1,000 employees and an annual operating budget exceeding $200 million. Clinical services span four major hospital campuses and numerous ambulatory locations extending from Manhattan through the Bronx and into Westchester County. The department operates 79 adult inpatient psychiatric beds, 21 child and adolescent inpatient beds, multiple emergency psychiatry services, consultation-liaison psychiatry programs, ambulatory behavioral health clinics, addiction treatment services, intermediate levels of care, and integrated care in partnership with other departments and centers including the Transplant Center, Cancer Center, AIDS Center, the Comprehensive Brain Health Center, OB GYN, Pediatrics, Medicine and Family and Social Medicine.

This recruitment comes at a pivotal time for the department as Montefiore Einstein expands its behavioral health footprint through substantial investment from the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), including Behavioral Health Centers of Excellence initiatives, and through the integration of newly acquired health systems with mental health and addiction treatment programs.

Leadership Responsibilities
The Vice Chair for Clinical Services will provide executive oversight for the department's clinical enterprise and serve as the primary leader responsible for the quality, growth, integration, and performance of psychiatric clinical services across the system.

Key responsibilities include:
Clinical Leadership and Strategy

Develop and implement a strategic vision for clinical psychiatric and behavioral health services across Montefiore Einstein.

• Lead the expansion, integration, and optimization of behavioral health services across existing and newly acquired systems.
• Partner with departmental and health system leadership to identify opportunities for growth, innovation, and service line development.
• Partner with campus, specialty and program leaders to develop annual program goals and performance objectives, aligning clinical, operational, quality, educational, and growth priorities across the Department.
• Lead the development and implementation of program growth strategies, including new clinical programs, service expansion opportunities, workforce planning, and sustainable staffing models to meet evolving patient and community needs.
• Ensure alignment of clinical operations with institutional goals, community needs, and regulatory requirements.
• Foster strong relationships with leaders throughout Montefiore Einstein to identify opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, innovative models of care, and enhanced patient outcomes across the continuum of care.

Operational Oversight

• Provide leadership and support to physician and administrative leaders across all clinical programs.
• Oversee clinical operations for inpatient, outpatient, emergency psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, addiction services, and other behavioral health programs.
• Promote operational excellence, access, patient experience, workforce engagement, and financial stewardship through regular review of key clinical, operational, quality, and financial metrics, partnering with program leaders and faculty to drive continuous improvement in performance, productivity, outcomes, and program growth.
• Establish a culture of data-driven performance management through regular review of program-level performance dashboards, transparent sharing of key performance indicators, and ongoing partnership with program leaders and faculty to achieve annual goals and performance targets.
• Work collaboratively with health system operational leaders to improve efficiency, capacity management, and clinical outcomes.
• Provide strategic and operational guidance to program leaders on practice management, resource allocation, workforce optimization, and staffing model development to support both current program operations and future growth.

Faculty Leadership and Talent Development

• Lead recruitment efforts for all attending psychiatrist and psychologist faculty positions.
• Support faculty development, leadership succession planning, retention, and engagement.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, professionalism, and excellence throughout the clinical enterprise.
• Mentor emerging clinical leaders and promote leadership development across the department.
• Regularly evaluate and refine the clinical leadership organizational structure, roles, and responsibilities to support the Department's continued growth, operational complexity, expanding geographic footprint, and evolving clinical enterprise.
• Support faculty and program leaders in achieving annual performance goals through ongoing coaching, performance review, accountability structures, and leadership development.

Quality, Safety, and Regulatory Excellence

• Partner closely with the Director of Quality Improvement to advance quality, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable accreditation, regulatory, and governmental requirements.
• Promote evidence-based clinical practice and continuous quality improvement throughout all programs.
• Support readiness for regulatory surveys and accreditation reviews.

Collaborative Academic Leadership

• Serve as a key member of the Department Executive Leadership Team.
• Collaborate closely with Division Chiefs and departmental leaders, including:
• Psychology
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Women's Mental Health
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Addiction Psychiatry
• Collaborate closely with the Vice Chairs for Education, Faculty Affairs, Research, Faculty Wellbeing and Development, and Population Health to advance the clinical, educational, research, and community missions of the Department

Reporting Structure
The Vice Chair for Clinical Services reports directly to the Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.

The Vice Chair works closely with the Unified Executive Administrator and maintains collaborative relationships with departmental division chiefs, academic leaders, and health system executives.

Medical Directors of all inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and consultation-liaison psychiatry programs report directly to the Vice Chair.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
• Board Certification in Psychiatry
• Sub-specialty trained physicians welcome to apply
• Eligibility for Medical Licensure in New York State.
• Eligibility for a faculty appointment at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Demonstrated record of successful clinical leadership within a large and complex healthcare organization.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary clinical teams and managing clinical operations across multiple sites and settings.
• Outstanding interpersonal, communication, and organizational leadership skills.
• Commitment to academic psychiatry, diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within an academic medical center and faculty practice environment.
• Knowledge of behavioral health regulatory frameworks, including New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) regulations.
• Experience overseeing large-scale behavioral health service lines, integrated delivery systems, or health system expansion initiatives.
• Senior academic rank (Associate Professor or Professor) or qualifications commensurate with such appointment.
• Formal leadership training through recognized physician executive programs.
• Advanced degree or equivalent training in public health, business administration, healthcare administration, quality improvement, or related disciplines (e.g., MPH, MBA, MHA, MS, or comparable training).
• Demonstrated success in physician recruitment, faculty development, quality improvement, and clinical program growth.

Compensation

• The compensation range for this position is $350,000-$475,000 depending on experience and academic rank, with significant bonus opportunity
• LTD, STD, paid malpractice, health, dental, vision and a 403(b) are also offered.

Interested individuals should email a current CV to John C. Pinto, Recruiting Manager at jpinto@montefiore.org.

Montefiore is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.